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    Editorials
    A wholly avoidable calamity
    Forty-two deaths by stampede at a flood relief centre in south Chennai on Sunday is heart-rending, the more so because it was wholly preventable. The risks should have been anticipated in light of an earlier tragedy. On November 6, the perils of ...

    Strategies to reach the poorest
    That health care delivery in India is in need of a major overhaul has been underlined by numerous studies besides observations on the ground. The poor continue to die of completely preventable diseases, and infant and maternal mortality rates in ...

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    BJP raises the stakes in Uttar Pradesh
    By Venkitesh Ramakrishnan

    Is the party's Nyay Yatra against criminalisation of politics in the State a clever manoeuvre to advance its Hindutva agenda without alienating its NDA partners?

    News Analysis
    Protests against proposed uranium mine
    By Siddharth Narrain

    It is up to the Government to ensure that well-recognised international norms are enforced.

    Political haze over East Asia vision
    By P. S. Suryanarayana

    Ambiguity remains over the political progression from an ASEAN grouping to an East Asian Community.

    No easy way out as Hong Kong II looms
    By Larry Elliott

    After a week of trench warfare, the idea of a spring trade pact looks far-fetched.

    The nadir of occupation
    By Salim Lone

    Last week's election does little to heal the wounds that are splitting Iraq up into violent filefdoms.

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